Plant Vetiveria zizanioides (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cus-Cus; Vetiver; Cuscus Grass

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
KHISONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSILAL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMYL-ACID	0	Root	not available	4845.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSINOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSINOLOXIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSITOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSITONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-DELTA-CADINOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-GAMMA-2-CADINENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAEVOJUNEOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAEVOJUNESSOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root	not available	15.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Arrhythmigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.